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  • Sheesh.....post a pic & write a blog 'bout one of the world's great gutarists & people make HAIR comments!.....

  • THIS MAN IS ONE OF THE WAY COOLEST, EL SUPREMO, HUGELY TALENTED GUITARISTS THAT IS OR WAS OR PROBABLY EVER WILL BE! Mr. Pat Metheny....and i was reminded all over again just how fiercely talented he is on wednesd…

  • Unabashed self-promotion, part #2... Long-time readers may recall that I mentioned a biz that onyxrose & I are involved in awhile back. I'm gonna talk some more about it here (but no sales pitch, just info)... Wha…

  • http://www.realastrology.com is the link to Breszny's stuff below.....

  • I HAVE MET MY GURU DU JOUR AND HE IS ROB BRESZNY OF FREE WILL ASTROLOGY! ....FROM NOW ON, I AM ADOPTING THE FOLLOWING PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE..... 1. Have fun as you foment benevolent rebellion. 2. Do good even as you tampe…

  • I'm not normally a complainer. And I don't even bitch about Xanga too much. But the error messages I'm getting when trying to post comments are a LITTLE old, to say the least..... LATE BREAKING NEWS....I JUST TRIED TO…

  • Another favorite LP cover from another fave artist, Al Stewart. Even if he'd never done another song at all, 'Time Passages' would be enough to make him great. It's wonderful musically & lyrically....

  • OMG, it works! This one's for YOU, VelvetGlove .... The pic above is the very first Camel LP cover I blogged about below. Isn't it COOL? And I copied it & pasted it here myself! Expect more pics, VG!.…

  • AWAY WITH SILLY POSTS ABOUT OBSCURE BRITISH PROGRESSIVE ROCK BANDS!.... ....and onto the following words of wisdom... Some essential additions to the workplace vocabulary: BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group…

  • The Camel obsession & how/when it started.... I first became aware of their existence in, oh, 1973. I hung around at this VERY cool record store where I'd pick up ALL sorts of interesting music! I went in one day …

  • ANDREW LATIMER! Who??? Guitarist for that finest of British progressive rock bands (and least-known in the States), Camel. I just received a copy of their double-LP live recording from 1978 (for $3.99 on e-bay, how co…

  • Another one of those days where there doesn't seem to be much to write about. So I'm writing about there not being much to write about! I'll post more later if anything changes..... .....although I can usually count o…

  • RED WINGS RULE! STANLEY'S BACK HOME! One of the fun things about this site is, you never know what you'll find here (it's what keeps you guys coming back & propping, right?...)...such are the perils of being a life…

  • onyxrose is home from the hospital....yay! She's resting and doing as little as possible, and probably will be doing so for the next couple of weeks.... The following quotes are from one of my favorite cynical little t…

  • If you're as outraged as I am by the way in which the current occupant of the White House was selected by the Republican majority of the Supreme Court (and if not-you certainly SHOULD be!).....GO check out the following …

  • Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity. ~ Alberta Flanders The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything …

  • onyxrose update..... No more tubes! Fewer drugs! (still no food, though, other than intravenously.....and NO, zaLtEC , they're NOT sending the morphine drip home w/her.....) OK. I need Premium help! Since I HAVE it…

  • This blog inspired by Grioghair ... ....as many are! But this time, I'm giving credit where it's due... So he blogged about Roy Buchanan. So I have this Roy Buchanan LP. So ON said LP, the vastly underrated Delbert …

  • 25 signs you've grown up...... 1. Your potted plants are alive. And you can't smoke one of them. 2. Having sex in a twin-sized bed is absurd. 3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge. 4. 6:00 AM is when you ge…

  • onyxrose update.... Wendi is becoming an IMpatient, says she! But other than that, recovery goes well. She still isn't allowed to eat, but has a self-controlled morphine injector thingie for when the pain gets to b…

  • This is to all readers of onyxrose .... Also known as Wendi, significant other o'moi & mom unit to imperialviolet ...she wasn't feeling well for the last 2 days...horrid stomach cramps, no sleep, etc. We went to th…

  • *Sound/sight of Dan eating crow*......'cause some thoughtty & kind person gifted me w/premium....THANKS!...... ...and I shall have to take the El Supremium-o tutorial or some such to discover what I can DO w/it...…

  • Does anyone besides me think Xanga's trying to guilt us into going premium?!? If they're so concerned about traffic spikes, surely it's possible to get servers WITH MORE SPACE THAN NEEDED?????

  • Long-time readers know I'm a HUGE Steely Dan fan...below are lyrics to what is (arguably) my very favorite Dan tune (the band's name comes from William Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch; it's the name of a steam-powered dildo…

  • so yesterday, i wander into the break room here at work. on the floor is a business card of one dr. omer k. reed, honorable consul of iceland. on the back of said card is the following ode to friendship... The comfort…

  • I'm tired. There's got to be more to life than the same damn routine every day!

  • I'm aspiring to the following lifestyle.... Main Entry: he·do·nism Pronunciation: 'hE-d&n-"i-z&mFunction: nounEtymology: Greek hEdonE pleasure; akin to Greek hEdys sweet -- more at SWEETDate: 18561 : the doctrin…

  • Happy June to one & all... I'm not feeling particularly inspired at the moment...so I'll start off with the latest word from http://www.wordsmith.org niddering (NID-uhr-ing) nounA coward or wretch.[From erroneous …

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